All posts tagged Hansal Mehta

Friday’s Bollywood release “Shahid,” the biopic about lawyer and human rights activist Shahid Azmi, is far from Bollywood’s usual commercial output, but it has received rave reviews for its sharp storytelling. Read More »

The biopic about Indian lawyer and human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who was murdered in Feb. 2010, has won accolades around the world. The Wall Street Journal speaks to the director, Hansal Mehta, before the film’s release in India on Oct. 18. Read More »

Hansal Mehta is the director of ‘Shahid,’ a movie about the lawyer and social activist Shahid Azmi who was assassinated in 2010 aged 32. Here Mr. Mehta talks about the film, its principle character, the concept of fear, and Bombay. Read More »

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